Vehicle-wheel



F. NEWHOUSE.

(No Model.)

VEHIGLE WHEEL.

No. 425,240. Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

FREDERICK NEVJHOUSE, OF TOLEDO, ASSIGNOR TO THE HARRIS METAL IVHEEL COMPANY, OF AUBURNDALE, OHIO.

VEH!CLE-7WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,240, dated April 8, 1890.

Application filed September 24, 1389. Serial No. 324,890. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK NEWHOUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- ledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-\Vheels, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawlugs.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in vehicle-wheels of that class in which the spokes are made in pairs, each pair being made of one rod or wire bent at its center and secured in this bend upon the hub, the ends thereof being secured in spoke-seats in the hub; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction of the hub and the spoke-seats, whereby the spokes may be secured upon the hub in the most simple and expeditious manner, and whereby they are held there without danger of displacement, all as more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings which accompany this specification, Figure '1 is a vertical section through the wheel containing my improvements and showing the hub in elevation. Fig. 2 is a front perspective View of one of the hub'sections detached, showing the manner of attaching the spoke-wires thereto. Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereof wit-h the Wires in placel Fig. 4: is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 5 is across-section on line X X in Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a crosssection on line Y Y in Fig. 3.

A is a box or hub having thereon suitable shoulders B.

C are hub-sections sleeved upon the box A and abutting against the shoulders 13. These are held in position, preferably, by being,

forced on, the usual tinning process in such metal wheels adding the necessary stability.

D are the spokes, which are formed in pairs, each pairbeing formed of a single wire. These are secured at their outer ends to the rim or tire E, and at their inner ends engaging over the lugs F upon the hub-sections C.

G is a forwardly and outwardly extending flange on the hub-section, provided with segmental circular apertures H, (one for each pair of spokes) and located with their edges in line with the sides of the lugs F. These flanges are provided with suitable wire-passages I, arranged in line with the wire-passages J on the body of the hub-section, each pair of the wire-passages being connected by the apertures H. The parts being thus constructed, the hub-section being sleeved upon the box A and secured thereon in any desired manner, in order to secure the spokes thereto, the spokes being bent into pairs, the bent end K of the spokes is inserted through the apertures H, as shown at L in Fig. 2, and then lowered to engage over the end of the lug, which is provided with the cut-away portion M, into which the loop of the wire engages. All of the spokes being thus engaged upon the hub-sections and their ends secured upon the tire in the well-known manner, my wheel is now complete. It will be seen that the wire has three points of bearing, the end of the bend engaging in the cut-away portion M, the straight portion engaging in the wirepassage J in the body of the hub-section, and in the wire-passages I in the flange G. If desired, the hub A may be extended some distance through the hub-section and a collar or sleeve N forced thereon, abutting with its outer edge against the ends of the wire spokes, as shown in Fig. 5, thereby preventing their disengagement. Should a spoke become broken or weak, and should it be desired to remove it, it may be accomplished by disengaging the spoke at its ends and reversing the operation of disengaging the loop in the spoke from the lug F.

This construction of wheel does away with the disadvantage which has existed in previous constructions of being obliged to thread the wire spoke through apertures in the hubsections, and allows of manufacturing the wheel with much greater economy in time, without sacrificing in any degree the strength and'rigidity of the same. It also allows of more readily repairing the wheel in case it should become broken. If desired, any ornamental cap may be placed over the outside of the hub.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a wheel, the combination, with a box or hub and united spokes, of hub-sections secured thereon formed with openings, through which the bent end portion or butts of the spokes are without altering their shape passed, and lugs formed at the base of said openings on which the butt-ends of the spokes rest, substantially as described.

2. In a wheel, the combination, with a box or hub and united spokes, of hub-sections thereon formed with openings H, through which the bent ends of the spokes pass, lugs F,

10 on which the spokes rest, and radial grooves in the side face of the rim of the sections in which the spokes rest, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in

presence of two witnesses, this 4th day of Sep- I 5 tember, 1889.

FREDERICK NEWHOUSE. Witnesses:

E. W. TOLERTON, HUGH F. SHUNOK. 

